History Trivia / Michael

* BuryYourArt: In 2022, the three "Cascio tracks", infamous for allegations by both fans and Jackson's family members of being recorded by Eddie Cascio rather than Jackson himself, were pulled from digital releases and CD reissues. A spokesperson for the Jackson Estate stated:

* BuryYourArt: In 2022, the three "Cascio tracks", infamous for allegations by both fans and family members of Jackson of being inauthentic, were not only pulled from digital services but also future CD pressings. A spokesperson for the Jackson Estate stated:
--> The Estate and Sony Music believe the continuing conversation about the tracks is [[OvershadowedByControversy distracting the fan community and casual Michael Jackson listeners from focusing their attention where it should be]] — on Michael’s legendary and deep music catalog.
* CreatorBacklash: Teddy Riley has openly disowned the tracks he remixed, and publicly apologized for working on the album. In an interview released a month after the class-action lawsuit over the album was settled in 2022, Riley admitted he didn't think the vocals on the "Casico tracks" were genuine, but indicated that he was forced to say they were; both due to [[ExecutiveMeddling pressure from executives]], and the fact that he had already done too much work on the album to back out.

* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/JohnTravolta took five hundred hours of Spanish lessons in preparation for this film. When asked why, he said "just in case."

** [[Music/SolidStateSurvivor "Behind The Mask"]] was left off of ''{{Music/Thriller}}'' due to a miscommunication with original songwriter Music/RyuichiSakamoto. Specifically, as stated in a 2013 interview with Red Bull Music Academy, Sakamoto requested to hear Jackson's version in order to determine the royalty shares for it. However, Creator/EpicRecords were unable to send him a copy, leading Sakamoto to turn the cover down. In the same interview, Sakamoto joked that "If we said 'yes,' probably I would have ten different houses all over the world."

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As of 2022, Sony removed the three "Casico tracks" from the album on all music services, though Jackson's estate denied it was because of inauthenticity. The only way to legally hear the original album configuration now is if you have a pre-2022 copy of the album.

** [[Music/SolidStateSurvivor "Behind The Mask"]] was left off of ''{{Music/Thriller}}'' due to a miscommunication with original songwriter Music/RyuichiSakamoto. Specifically, Sakamoto clarified in a 2013 interview that he requested to hear Jackson's version in order to determine the royalty shares for it. However, Creator/EpicRecords were unable to send him a copy, leading Sakamoto to turn the cover down. In the same interview, Sakamoto joked that "If we said 'yes,' probably I would have ten different houses all over the world."

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: [[Music/SolidStateSurvivor "Behind The Mask"]] was left off of ''{{Music/Thriller}}'' due to disagreements over royalty shares with the management of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra, despite the band's approval (member and composer Music/RyuichiSakamoto even recorded his own version of Jackson's rewrite in 1987). An agreement was eventually reached in time for the release of ''Michael''; of note is that by 2010, both YMO's original label, Alfa Records (who still own the rights to most of their back-catalog), and Jackson's label, Creator/EpicRecords, were under ownership of [[Creator/SonyMusic the same parent company]], and that Epic held the international rights to the Alfa-era YMO albums since 2003.

** Creator/JackNicholson turned down the lead role.

** This is likely the case with will.i.am. as well, as he recorded and produced several songs for MJ, and refused to let the estate release them.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: [[Music/SolidStateSurvivor "Behind The Mask"]] was left off of ''{{Music/Thriller}}'' due to disagreements over royalty shares with the management of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra, despite the band's approval (member and composer Music/RyuichiSakamoto even recorded his own version of Jackson's rewrite in 1987). An agreement was eventually reached in time for the release of ''Michael''; of note is that by 2010, both YMO's original label, Alfa Records (who still own the rights to most of their back-catalog), and Jackson's label, Creator/EpicRecords, were under ownership of [[Creator/SonyMusic the same parent company]].

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: "Behind The Mask" was left off of ''{{Music/Thriller}}'' due to disagreements over royalty shares with the management of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra, despite the band's approval (member and composer Music/RyuichiSakamoto even recorded his own version of Jackson's rewrite in 1987). An agreement was eventually reached in time for the release of ''Michael''; of note is that by 2010, both YMO's original label, Alfa Records (who still own the rights to most of their back-catalog), and Jackson's label, Creator/EpicRecords, were both under ownership of [[Creator/SonyMusic the same parent company]].

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: "Behind The Mask" was left off of ''{{Music/Thriller}}'' due to disagreements over royalty shares with the management of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra, despite the band's approval (member and composer Music/RyuichiSakamoto even recorded his own version of Jackson's rewrite in 1987). An agreement was eventually reached in time for the release of ''Michael''.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: "Behind The Mask" was left off of ''{{Music/Thriller}}'' due to disagreements over royalty shares with Music/YellowMagicOrchestra. An agreement was eventually reached in time for the release of ''Michael''.